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Ramsay MacDonald

1866 - 1937

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James Ramsay MacDonald (né James McDonald Ramsay; 12 October 1866 – 9 November 1937) was a British statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The first two of his governments belonged to the Labour Party, where he led a minority Labour government for nine months in 1924 and again between 1929 and 1931. In 1931 he formed a National Government dominated by the Conservative Party and supported by only a few Labour members, which governed until 1935. MacDonald was expelled from the Labour Party as a result. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ramsay MacDonald is the 3,309th most popular politician (down from 2,760th in 2019), the 800th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 589th in 2019) and the 165th most popular British Politician.

Ramsay MacDonald is most famous for being the first Labour Prime Minister. He was elected to office in 1924 and was in office until 1929.

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Among politicians, Ramsay MacDonald ranks 3,309 out of 19,576. Before him are Yahya Sinwar, Francisco Macías Nguema, Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, Pujie, Chen Duxiu, and Ka. After him are Asmā' bint Abi Bakr, Huneric, Ashikaga Takauji, Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal, Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, and Piast the Wheelwright.

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Among people born in 1866, Ramsay MacDonald ranks 23. Before him are Princess Viktoria of Prussia, Lev Shestov, Nathan Söderblom, Antoine Meillet, Ferruccio Busoni, and Anne Sullivan. After him are Lizzie Magie, Léon Bakst, Butch Cassidy, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria, and Mahboob Ali Khan. Among people deceased in 1937, Ramsay MacDonald ranks 31. Before him are Charles-Marie Widor, Wallace Carothers, Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Rudolf Otto, Keke Geladze, and Frank B. Kellogg. After him are Albert Roussel, J. Bruce Ismay, Emilio Mola, Takeo Wakabayashi, Edith Wharton, and Pavel Florensky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ramsay MacDonald ranks 800 out of 8,785. Before him are Saint Malachy (1094), Anthony James Leggett (1938), Chris Slade (1946), Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861), Malcolm Young (1953), and John Surtees (1934). After him are Julian Barnes (1946), Annie Lennox (1954), Michael Powell (1905), Charles Laughton (1899), Dua Lipa (1995), and Oliver Smithies (1925).

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